Fall from Grace: Merkel's Conservatives Mired in Scandal and Incompetence
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Shameless deals for medical equipment, dubious foreign contacts and corona crisis mismanagement: Angela Merkel's conservatives are in bad shape as the election campaign looms․ How did they lose their way?

Green Candidate and Kingmaker: Annalena Baerbock Holds the Keys to Germany's Next Election
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This fall, a politician with the Green Party could become German chancellor for the first time․ Annalena Baerbock is a far more dynamic candidate than her conservative and center-left competitors - and she could be poised for a senior position in the next government, if not the country's top political office․

Merkel's Lame Duck Government: Stasis in Berlin as Campaign Season Approaches
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The general election in Germany is just four months away and little time is left for Chancellor Angela Merkel to complete important projects․ Acrimony is intensifying in Berlin․

A Few Sanctions and That Was It: Merkel's Legacy on Russia Casts a Shadow over Her Party
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Angela Merkel knew how brutal Vladimir Putin could be․ But under her leadership, Germany became increasingly dependent on Russian natural gas․ Her energy policy errors are now weighing heavily on the country․